#AcademicRunPlaylist - 6/23/24

It was pretty hot and muggy today, but I still got in some talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was an interesting talk by Johannes Glückler on succession approaches of family firms in Germany and the Basque region at Heidelberg University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qppOu23_H4k&t=5s

Next was a fascinating talk by Daniel Woolf on the organization and experience of time in early modern England at the University of London School of Advanced Study. Woolf gives incredible perspective on how the concept of time and appointments changed over time, the implications of poor timekeeping technologies, and how much people valued improvements in timekeeping. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBoNSOz9LmM

Next was an excellent talk by Kevin Crowston on stages of motivation and engagement for virtual voluntary teams (think Wikipedia, open source projects) at the SONIC Research Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkasyIEgGZ0

Next was a pair of talks by Ben Newell (cognitive illusions) and Colin Clifford (visual illusions) at UNSW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvleDNgInqA

Next was a thought-provoking symposium on the ethics of cognitive enhancement in gaming and competition at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics with Anna Wexler and Aaron S. Kesselheim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2FEh0tNmus

Next was an incredible talk by John Aycock on archaeogaming - studying video games as archaeological artifacts - at the University of London School of Advanced Study. Reverse engineering game code from 1980 and finding out that it borrowed code written by Steve Wozniak in 1977? X-raying fragile game cartridges to understand its inner workings? Yes please. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inSn3YZXEY4

Next was a great talk by Benjamin Moll on the dynamics of inequality at the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwPUs1IM5DE

Last was an intriguing talk by Colleen Morgan on assembling people and worlds in digital archaeology at the University of London School of Advanced Study https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGR8sLNEEPo